Navajo Lutheran Mission

Navajo Nation Education: Navajo Lutheran Mission and Concordia Charter School Create Navajo Education Partnership

yoopernewsman — Tue, 24 May 2011 21:06:46 +0000

An Important New Era in the Education of Navajo Youth

Navajo Nation Education Partnership in Arizona: From Phoenix to Rock Point, Navajo Lutheran Mission and the Concordia Charter School form campus through education partnership

In a mutual announcement, Concordia Charter School Inc. of Mesa, AZ (near Phoenix) forms partnership with Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM) in Rock Point, AZ.

Read about the partnership by clicking this link

A New Beginning:

Bringing Improved Education to Navajo Youth in Remote Areas of Arizona

NELM is a campus of the Concordia Charter School.

Concordia Charter School Inc. operates on the campuses of the First Evangelical Lutheran – and at the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, AZ (Navajo Nation).

Concordia Charter School Staff

The Concordia Charter School Director is Margaret Roush-Meier, M.Ed.

The Concordia Charter School Board of Directors are: Dale Kvittem-Barr (Chief Administrative Officer), Sue Henderson, Pamela L. Werrell, Donavon Ziegler, Susan Jeffery

The Navajo Lutheran Mission Executive Director is Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and the pastor of the NELM House of Prayer is Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard.

The NELM Board of Directors are: Ron Augustson (President), Christel Badey, Clarence Begay, Kay Fett, Bob Hutson, Janice Lee Jim, Roger Johnsen, Alice Natale, Angela Root, Jerry Thomas, Sue Vogel-Herrera, Richard Wixon, Kathleen Carpenter.

NELM is a mission of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and belongs to the ELCA Grand Canyon Synod under Bishop Steve Talmage.

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NELM on Twitter

It’s Time For Spiritualities in Conversation: Christians and Navajo can learn important lessons from each other – All you have to do is listen

yoopernewsman — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 08:54:32 +0000

Traditional Navajo Spirituality and Christianity are among the topics at the Feb. 27, 2011 “Spiritualities in Conversation” event at the Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, AZ

yoopernewsman — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:21:36 +0000

Spiritualities in Conversation on February 27, 2011 at 12 noon in the Navajo Lutheran Mission House of Prayer

Promoting Hózhó in Rock Point, Arizona

Topics:
Traditional Navajo Spirituality
Azee’ Bee Nahaghá of Diné Nation
Christianity

Speakers include:
Roger Benally, Diné Language and Culture Specialist
Harrison Begay, Director, Senior Center
Bob Kirk, Lutheran Church member and NAC participant

Lunch will be provided.

“Tsodizin T’áá Attsxo Diyingo Bee Náás Yiikah”

With all types of prayers we continue on the sacred path

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Power of Prayer/Stunning News: A Space Shuttle trip is back on for the astronaut husband of Arizona U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who is recuperating from a gunshot at rocket speed

yoopernewsman — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 23:41:39 +0000

(Fri., Feb. 4, 2011) – “Lightening speed” recovery and a trip to outer space for her husband is set for April 19, 2011

“By all accounts” Arizona U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords is recovering fast – and one doctor called it “lightening speed” at a Texas hospital following the rampage by a gunman nearly a month to the day in Tucson, according to the Arizona Daily Star and the Associated Press.

Astronaut Mark Kelly returns to training on Monday (Feb. 7) to be the commander of the six-man Italian-American flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour set for April 19 – a hard-made stunning decision that has thrilled his NASA colleagues.

Kelly set a Friday afternoon news conference at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Kelly has been at his wife’s hospital bedside since the Jan. 8 mass shooting.

It will be one of the highest shuttle flights ever and include an “elaborate physics experiment” by a Nobel Prize winner. The final voyage of Endeavour, its the next-to-last flight for the amazing and dramatic 30-year Space Shuttle program.

Kelly’s identical twin brother Scott is the current commander on the International Space Station and will return to Earth in mid-March aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule ending a 5 1/2-month mission and just in time to wish Mark a great flight.

Some Arizonans say prayers, a miracle and great doctors has led to the relatively fast recovery of Congresswoman Giffords who still has a long road ahead.

Millions of prayers, tears and now joy – how much drama can one family stand?

(Fri. Jan. 21, 2011) – Congresswoman Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords arrived at a Houston hospital following an emotional trip by ambulance, helicopter and jet during which throngs of flag-waving and sign-carrying well-wishers lined the streets in her hometown of Tucson for a dramatic send-off as a motorcade of police cars and motorcycles plus sheriff’s deputies escorted her ambulance during the start her journey to Texas.

Gifford will continue her dramatic recovery from a gunshot wound to the head at the Texas Medical Center rehabilitation hospital. Even Capitol Police are among those making sure her stay in Texas is secure.

Gifford began the “next phase of her recover today,” her astronaut husband Mark Kelly tweeted. “Very grateful to the docs and nurses at UMC, Tucson PD, Sheriffs Dept….Back in Tucson ASAP!”

(Mon. Jan. 17, 2011) – Congresswoman Giffords smiled at her husband and gave him a 10 minute neck rub and she underwent successful eye socket surgery, according to ABC News story about Diane Sawyer interview with Rep. Giffords husband.

“But it is so typical of her that no matter how bad the situation might be for her .. she is looking out for other people,” Gifford’s husband astronaut Mark Kelly told ABC’s Diane Sawyer.

(Sun. Jan 16, 2011) – Congresswoman Giffords condition was upgraded from critical to serious – a great sign she is improving.

(Sat., Jan 15, 2011) – Doctors removed Congresswoman Giffords’s breathing tube, replacing it with a tracheotomy tube and freeing her from the ventilator, and could soon know if she can speak, according to the Washington Post.

Praying for Arizona U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords, Federal Judge John Roll, and other victims of horrific shooting

yoopernewsman — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 21:45:06 +0000

May the Creator protect our Congresswoman, and all those shot

We pray God shines light on one of the darkest days in Arizona history

All of us at the Navajo Lutheran Mission are praying for the recovery of our U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who was shot in Tuscon.

God bless and protect U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords and her family.

We pray for the families of the others who were killed including federal judge (U.S. District Judge John Roll) plus a 9-year-old girl and one of the congresswoman’s aides.

The young girl killed by the gunman, nine-year-old Christina Taylor Greene, was born on 9-11-2001.

Also – pray for all the other shooting victims.

President Barack Obama said:
“I ask all Americans to join me and Michelle in keeping Representative Giffords, the victims of this tragedy, and their families in our prayers.”

University of Arizona hospital spokesman Peter Rhee said he is “very optimistic” about the congresswoman’s recovery.
We pray for this.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/08/arizona-congresswoman-reportedly-shot-public-event/#ixzz1ATcocSbS

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/131891/ap–arizona-rep–shot-by-gunman-in-critical-condition

More on nine-year-old year-old Christina Taylor Greene – who was born on 9-11-2001.

http://a12iggymom.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/she-has-a-name-christina-taylor-greene-9-yr-old-killed-in-tucson-massacre-born-on-91101/

Official website of U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords:

http://giffords.house.gov

December 2010: Advent Greeting from the Navajo Lutheran Mission

yoopernewsman — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:50:44 +0000

December 2010

Welcome to the 7th issue of The Navajo Way, the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission’s electronic newsletter!

Friends: December 6, 2010

We want you to join us as we walk together into God’s future!

This letter is an Advent greeting to all the many generous people and organizations who have made generous contributions to the ministry of the Navajo Lutheran Mission in the past year. We thank you for your kindness and generosity and we encourage you to partner us in the upcoming year.

Many churches and individuals take trips to overseas countries to learn about different cultures, and provide short term assistance. We are interested in taking mission to the next level of commitment and relationship. We seek a life of common prayer, mutual visits, shared work in mission, and the financial and spiritual gifts that come from long-term relationships. In the New Year we will be sending you a brochure listing the many ways in which our partnership can take concrete shape, and we ask you for your help in imagining how our relationship can grow into the future, to our mutual benefit. So, during this season, when so many of us are determining our budgets for the coming year, we ask that you remember the Navajo Lutheran Mission and become a partner in mission with us.

The Upcoming Year

Our Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission is in an exciting and challenging process of developing a charter contract with the State of Arizona. The development of a charter school will provide the mission with substantially more financial resources once we are licensed. Obtaining charter school status will also result in a better funded and more family oriented religious education program.

If your contribution can only be prayer this year, please pray for us as we implement our new vision here at Rock Point. Certainly though, you can enliven your prayers by contributing financially to the future of our mutual Mission. You can be part of a bridge to the future by making a financial commitment in your budget for next year and with gifts now. What do you think? Will you renew your commitment to our partnership? We pray that you will.

To our friends and family of supporters, to all those who wish us well, who pray for us, to those who give so generously of their time and talent. On behalf of the staff, the Board of Directors, and the members of the House of Prayer, we wish you a very blessed and Merry Christmas, and a Happy and Peace filled New Year.

Lynn & Deborah Hubbard
Navajo Lutheran Mission
Advent 2010

Please consider partnering with us in the coming year to become
“A Mission With a Mission,”
and impact the lives of the Navajo children and families of Rock Point, AZ.

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Dec. 4, 2010: Please attend the “Spirit in the Desert” Benefit Concert in Carefree, AZ for the Navajo Lutheran Mission

yoopernewsman — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:48:31 +0000

Please attend the 2010 “Spirit in the Desert” Benefit Concert for the Navajo Lutheran Mission Concert on Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 7 p.m. in Carefree, Arizona

Place:

Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center
7415 East Elbow Bend Road
Carefree, Arizona

Date/Time:

Saturday, December 4, 2010
7 p.m.

Directions Link to the Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center

The Navajo Lutheran Mission is located in remote Rock Point, AZ.

Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission
P.O. Box 354, Hwy 191
One Mission Lane
Rock Point, AZ
86545-0354

ExecutiveDirector@NELM.org

(928) 659-4201 (Mission office)
(928) 659-4202 (school)
(928) 659-4255 (fax)

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NELM on Blogger

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NELM on myspace

NELM on bliptv

NELM on youtube

NELM on photobucket

NELM on Twitter

Navajo Lutheran Mission Board of Directors:

Ron Augustson, Chair
Christel Badey
Clarence C. Begay
Kay Fett
Bob Hutson
Janice Lee Jim
Roger Johnsen
Alice Natale
Angela Root
Jerry Thomas
Sue Vogel-Herrera
Richard Wixon

Dr. Rev. Lynn Hubbard, Executive Director

A Message from Navajo Lutheran Mission Board President Ron Augustson: Your help needed in shaping future; improved education standards for Navajo youth

yoopernewsman — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:32:37 +0000

NELM Needs Your Help!

The Navajo Way, the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission’s electronic newsletter! July 14, 2010

Dear Friends:

The Navajo Mission is alive and well, and through God’s good graces, we continue to implement the goals of our mission statement:

NELM, rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and in partnership with the Navajo, is a community seeking to recognize and help meet the educational, health, social, and spiritual needs of the Navajo People.

You will be pleased to know that we began living into this vision through the re-birth of the health clinic, and the calling of an ordained pastor for the House of Prayer. Since the early spring, our energy and resources have been directed to re-vitalizing our school to better meet the educational needs of the Navajo children here at Rock Point. The NELM is implementing major improvements in the quality of the education we will be offering our students, starting this Fall semester (August, 2010). These improvements have evolved from recommendations from the educational advisory committee formed by Executive Director Lynn Hubbard, and by partnering with the local Navajo Community. To accomplish these goals, we’ve hired a new principal, a part-time education coordinator, and committed the school to the Core Knowledge curriculum. We have also implemented a program for teacher certification, and discussed partnering with other Charter Schools in Arizona, with the goal of becoming our own Charter School in the near future. As you can imagine, the principal and teachers are currently working hard to give the school a new look by the first day of school in August.

However, WE MUST MEET STATE INSPECTION STANDARDS in order to continue to provide a safe environment in which to educate our children! We MUST buy newer buses ($150,000) we have no choice. This past winter, we had at least five “mud days”, due to the inability of our buses to transport our children. We also MUST bring our buildings up to code with proper fire alarms, asbestos inspections and other safety concerns. Finally, teacher training for certification and adding computer lines to all classrooms for effective on-line access to educational resources are imperative ($100,000). Your participation is absolutely necessary to make these improvements happen. Many of you are already full partners and participants in the NELM by virtue of your generous donations of time, money, and prayers, and for that we are truly grateful. This year, however, we have a special challenge: We are working to raise an additional $250,000 by the end of the year. This money will be used to buy new buses and underwrite much needed improvements to our school. Whether by individual donations, through congregational giving, or signing up for the AZ tax credit program, I encourage you to consider a generous contribution to the ministry of our Mission.

We believe that the improvements needed at our school are long overdue! The Navajo children here in Rock Point deserve quality education that prepares them for a bright future—this means bringing our building up to code, getting certified teachers and buses that don’t break down.

Without your support, and the support of like minded churches and organizations throughout the ELCA, our ministry here would simply not be possible. So, on behalf of the Mission, and the children of Rock Point, let me express our sincere and warmest thanks.

May God Bless,

Ron Augustson

on behalf of the NELM Board of Directors

Another way you can help on – Facebook!

Kohl’s is celebrating it’s Kohl’s Cares ® 10th anniversary by donating $500,000 to twenty schools EACH for a total of $10 million.

They are doing this via a contest on Facebook. If you have a Facebook account, or want to open one, go into your account and type in Kohls Cares in via the “Search” bar. Then find your school – Navajo Lutheran Mission. You can vote for the Mission School a total of 5 times on Facebook. (You get 20 votes total but can only vote 5 times for any one school)

To vote – you will be asked to “Like” the Kohl’s Facebook page:

Vote here: http://apps.facebook.com/KohlsCares/?src=KohlsHomePage&om_rid=NG-D4l&om_mid=_BMQKyJB8OqMvSI&

Remember, you have 20 votes to distribute among the schools of your choice and you can vote for each school up to five times. It would be utterly fantastic if the Navajo Lutheran Mission School won one of the $500,000 prizes!!!!


		*MISSION:* The mission of The Navajo Lutheran Mission School is to provide each student with a choice for a high quality, college preparatory educational experience in a caring, nurturing environment designed to stimulate the students for lives of leadership and service.
The future of tomorrow is being shaped by the teachings of today.

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Would you like to help?

We invite you to become part of

“A Mission With a Mission,”

and to invest in the lives of the

Navajo children and families of Rock Point, AZ.

www.NELM.org

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Vote today for the Navajo Lutheran Mission in the Kohl’s Cares contest: Your support is needed, vote 5 times today

yoopernewsman — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:48:59 +0000

Please vote today for the Navajo Lutheran Mission and School in the Kohl’s Cares contest

http://apps.facebook.com/KohlsCares/?src=KohlsHomePage&om_rid=NG-D4l&om_mid=_BMQKyJB8OqMvSI&

Vote for the Navajo Lutheran Mission with your Facebook account.

You can vote for the mission total of 5 times on Facebook

**You can cast all 5 votes in one visit – it’s easy.

(You get 20 votes total but can only vote times for any one school)

To vote – you will be asked to “Like” the Kohl’s Facebook page:

Click to Vote Here

You have 20 votes to distribute among the schools of your choice.
You can vote for each school up to five times.

You can add photos, videos or post an idea on how to spend the money if NELM wins.

When you vote or share your school, you’ll earn a star.
Stars indicate how much you have helped a given school.

You earn stars for completing these activities on the voting page of the application:

Casting a vote
Sharing the school on Facebook
Tweeting about the school
Submitting an idea
Participating in activities in the “Reach Out!” menu:
Retrieving the bit.ly link for your school
Retrieving the HTML embed banner for use on an external Website
Please post this html far and wide on all websites, blogs etc.
Sharing the school on LinkedIn

Navajo Lutheran Mission June 2010 newsletter

yoopernewsman — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:53:37 +0000

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Navajo Lutheran Mission

Navajo Nation Education: Navajo Lutheran Mission and Concordia Charter School Create Navajo Education Partnership

An Important New Era in the Education of Navajo Youth

Navajo Nation Education Partnership in Arizona: From Phoenix to Rock Point, Navajo Lutheran Mission and the Concordia Charter School form campus through education partnership

A New Beginning:

Bringing Improved Education to Navajo Youth in Remote Areas of Arizona

It’s Time For Spiritualities in Conversation: Christians and Navajo can learn important lessons from each other – All you have to do is listen

Traditional Navajo Spirituality and Christianity are among the topics at the Feb. 27, 2011 “Spiritualities in Conversation” event at the Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, AZ

Power of Prayer/Stunning News: A Space Shuttle trip is back on for the astronaut husband of Arizona U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who is recuperating from a gunshot at rocket speed

Praying for Arizona U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords, Federal Judge John Roll, and other victims of horrific shooting

December 2010: Advent Greeting from the Navajo Lutheran Mission

December 2010

Welcome to the 7th issue of The Navajo Way, the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission’s electronic newsletter!

Please consider partnering with us in the coming year to become “A Mission With a Mission,” and impact the lives of the Navajo children and families of Rock Point, AZ.

Dec. 4, 2010: Please attend the “Spirit in the Desert” Benefit Concert in Carefree, AZ for the Navajo Lutheran Mission

A Message from Navajo Lutheran Mission Board President Ron Augustson: Your help needed in shaping future; improved education standards for Navajo youth

NELM Needs Your Help!

The Navajo Way, the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission’s electronic newsletter! July 14, 2010

Another way you can help on – Facebook!

MISSION:

Would you like to help?

Vote today for the Navajo Lutheran Mission in the Kohl’s Cares contest: Your support is needed, vote 5 times today

Navajo Lutheran Mission June 2010 newsletter

Please consider partnering with us in the coming year to become
“A Mission With a Mission,”
and impact the lives of the Navajo children and families of Rock Point, AZ.